pudeur

From French pudeur (modesty), from Latin pudere (to make or be ashamed) which
also gave us pudibund (prudish) and
pudency (modesty). Earliest documented
use: 1876.

USAGE:

"Alexandra Styron first started reading her father's novel Sophie's Choice
as soon as it came out, in 1979, when she was a preteenager. A few chapters
in, encountering a steamy sex scene, she rushed from the room, overcome
with adolescent pudeur."
Liesl Schillinger; Literary Lions, by Their Cubs; The New York Times;
Aug 10, 2011.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and author (1926-2004)